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Feds Seize Another Tunnel; Multiple Arrests And A Ton Of Marijuana Seized

… in length, stretches from El Sarape Restaurant in Mexicali, Mexico to a three-bedroom, two-bath house, located at 902 E. … of super tunnels have been discovered along the California-Mexico border in recent years, to be a more attractive …
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DEA And Partners Holding Second Nationwide Prescription Drug Take-Back Day In April

… Social Accounts X Robert “Eric” Castañeda Domestic New Mexico, El Paso, Alpine, and Midland Texas Additional … 915-479-2540 Michelle.Rincon@dea.gov Division Contacts New Mexico Albuquerque - (505) 452-4500 Las Cruces - (575) …
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DEA Kicks Off Annual Red Ribbon Campaign

… Red Ribbon Campaign began after drug traffickers in Mexico tortured and brutally murdered Special Agent Enrique …
GENERAL INFORMATION

Phoenix News 2006

July 15, 2021
… JUN 1, 2006 Two Mexican Nationals Extradicted From Mexico To Face Charges In Naco, Arizona Drug Tunnel MAY 10, …
July 15, 2021
GENERAL INFORMATION

Headquarters News 2007

July 15, 2021
… on Two Hundred and Seven Million in Drug Money Seized in Mexico City January 25, 2007 Attorney General Gonzales …
July 15, 2021
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96 Charged And Dozens Arrested As The Result Of A Joint Investigation

… Social Accounts X Robert “Eric” Castañeda Domestic New Mexico, El Paso, Alpine, and Midland Texas Additional … 915-479-2540 Michelle.Rincon@dea.gov Division Contacts New Mexico Albuquerque - (505) 452-4500 Las Cruces - (575) …
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Leader Of Drug Trafficking Organization Sentenced In Federal Court Defendant Receives 25 Years In Prison

… the movement and sale of methamphetamine and cocaine from Mexico into the United States, and the distribution … at times used a minor female to transport drugs to and from Mexico to Louisiana. The defendant’s couriers were often …
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Dallas News 2004

July 15, 2021
… Briones a/k/a Ricardo Garcia-Anguiano, age 32, a citizen of Mexico SEP 15, 2004 Lubbock Man Indicted On Cocaine …
July 15, 2021
STORY

Spreading the Word:

June 07, 2022
… Organizations (DTO) are mass producing these pills in Mexico, using professional-level pill presses, just like …
June 07, 2022
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25 Charged In Drug Trafficking Organization

… large quantities of methamphetamine from sources in Mexico that were delivered to Indianapolis and then … maintain contact with suppliers of controlled substances in Mexico. They discussed the availability and prices of …
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Leader Of Brockton-Area Drug Trafficking Organization Pleads Guilty To Fentanyl Conspiracy

… Brockton area, who sourced drugs directly from Colombia, Mexico and the Dominican Republic. On two dates in 2021, …
Sergio Valenzuela-Valenzuela
FUGITIVE

Sergio Valenzuela-Valenzuela

Wanted for the following alleged federal violations: ALLEGED FEDERAL DRUG VIOLATION: CONSPIRACY TO DISTRIBUTE COCAINE INTENDED FOR IMPORTATION, CONSPIRACY TO IMPORT COCAINE, AND CONSPIRACY TO DISTRIBUTE CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES.
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51 Arrested In Major Heroin Takedown

… that the precursor chemicals came from companies in Mexico, Germany, Japan, and China. Historically, this is not … The source of that fentanyl was traced to a single lab in Mexico. When that lab was identified and dismantled, the …
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12 Kansas City-Area Men Indicted for Fentanyl Trafficking, Illegal Firearms

… Figueroa, 26, and Jonathan Gonzales, 25, both citizens of Mexico residing in Kansas City, Mo.; Luis Calvillo-Ortiz, …
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Lawrence man sentenced to 45 years in prison for operating major fentanyl trafficking organization

… himself as a fentanyl supplier located in Sinaloa, Mexico. Martinez told him, “what I look for is quality for …
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State Trooper Seized 88 Pounds of Meth from Vehicle in Saline County

… Gustavo Renteria-Rojas, 40, who are both citizens of Mexico residing in Chicago, have each been sentenced to 11 …
STORY

DEA Washington Warns of Deadly Counterfeit Drugs on Social Media

July 23, 2021
… to make it, are produced. These chemicals are shipped to Mexico, where the cartels produce the fentanyl powder in …
July 23, 2021
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Federal Jury Convicts Mexican National On Heroin Trafficking Charges

… Social Accounts X Robert “Eric” Castañeda Domestic New Mexico, El Paso, Alpine, and Midland Texas Additional … 915-479-2540 Michelle.Rincon@dea.gov Division Contacts New Mexico Albuquerque - (505) 452-4500 Las Cruces - (575) …
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22 Alleged Gang Members Indicted For Multiple Violent Crimes

… all originally from Houston but believed to have fled to Mexico; and Israel Juarez Sifuentes, 43, and Melissa … brothels in apartments throughout Houston as well as in Mexico. The primary location was the Carriage Way Apartment …
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DEA Omaha Division announces new office and partnership in Duluth, Minnesota

… to other major U.S. transportation-hub cities, the U.S.-Mexico border, and ultimately to drug cartels in Mexico and fentanyl suppliers in China.”   For more …
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Houston News 2010

July 15, 2021
… Drug Trafficking Enterprise Extradited to U.S. From Mexico April 27, 2010 Husband and Wife Physicians Convicted …
July 15, 2021
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San Francisco News 2009

July 15, 2021
… Ring Plead Guilty December 10, 2009 Fugitive Arrested in Mexico Faces Drug Trafficking Charges in California November …
July 15, 2021
STORY

Fentanyl Deaths Climbing, DEA Washington Continues the Fight

February 16, 2022
… information about counterfeit pills , manufactured in Mexico by drug cartels and contain fentanyl, many times in …
February 16, 2022
GENERAL INFORMATION

Denver News 2005

July 15, 2021
… Ecstasy Following DEA Lab Bust AUG 15, 2005 Denver-Mexico Meth “Ice” Connection Affirmed JUL 20, 2005 Drug …
July 15, 2021
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Federal And State Authorities Make Arrests In El Paso Crack Cocaine Distribution Investigation

… Social Accounts X Robert “Eric” Castañeda Domestic New Mexico, El Paso, Alpine, and Midland Texas Additional … 915-479-2540 Michelle.Rincon@dea.gov Division Contacts New Mexico Albuquerque - (505) 452-4500 Las Cruces - (575) …
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Oklahoma Inmate Sentenced to 26 Years for Leading Meth Conspiracy from his Prison Cell

… and elsewhere. Ramirez used a source of supply in Juarez, Mexico. According to court documents, Ramirez is responsible …
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Drug Trafficking Ringleader Craig Petties Sentenced To Life In Federal Prison

… enterprise conspired with cocaine traffickers in Mexico, Texas, Mississippi, North Carolina, Georgia, … Western District of Tennessee and elsewhere to Texas and Mexico. In order to facilitate continued drug trafficking …
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Heroin Ring In The Bronx Used Car Carriers To Transport Drugs Cross Country

… worked with other defendants to obtain the narcotics from Mexico, and set the sale price, mixed the drugs and stored … and volatile this mixture is. The narcotics came from Mexico and were trucked cross-country to the Bronx, where …
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Federal Grand Jury Indicts Two In Marijuana Trafficking Investigation

… Social Accounts X Robert “Eric” Castañeda Domestic New Mexico, El Paso, Alpine, and Midland Texas Additional … 915-479-2540 Michelle.Rincon@dea.gov Division Contacts New Mexico Albuquerque - (505) 452-4500 Las Cruces - (575) …
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Four Men Indicted In 75-Liter Methamphetamine Seizure

… charges the defendants: Antunez, a.k.a. “Negrito,” 39, of Mexico; Aparicio, 38, of Mexico; Ascencio, 49, of Mableton, Georgia.; and Ruiz, 54, …